Artefact has been named the 2026 Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Partner of the Year for EMEA. The award recognizes its role in delivering scalable, production-grade AI solutions and its growing contribution to large-scale AI deployments in the Middle East with Google Cloud.
“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honor the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. “We are proud to name Artefact a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”
Artefact has been working with Google Cloud across a wide range of sectors in the Middle East, including giga-projects, public sector entities, telecommunications, financial services, and insurance. This collaboration has focused on building AI platforms powered by Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI, deploying agentic AI systems that deliver business impact, and enabling organizations to democratize access to data through intuitive “talk to your data” and insight generation tools. These efforts have also extended to generative AI applications for policy development, knowledge management, and customer experience transformation, alongside comprehensive training and change management programs to support long-term adoption.
Rahul Arya, Managing Partner and CEO of Artefact Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India, said: “We are seeing a clear shift in the region from AI experimentation to execution at scale. Organizations are no longer asking what AI can do, but how it can be embedded into their operations to deliver real business outcomes. Our work with Google Cloud is focused on making that transition a reality, whether by improving productivity, streamlining operations, or enabling faster and more informed decision-making. This recognition reflects the impact we are delivering together across the Middle East.”
Artefact further announced the expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud in AI with the launch of a dedicated Gemini Enterprise practice, designed to help organizations accelerate their transformation in the agentic AI era. As an AI-native technology partner, Artefact is leveraging Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI, and Google Cloud’s Gemini models to build, test, and deploy advanced agentic solutions for joint customers. Through this expansion, Artefact is strengthening its technical collaboration with Google Cloud experts to rapidly develop and industrialize vetted, production-ready agents, while ensuring all solutions meet enterprise-grade governance, security, and deployment standards.
As Artefact expands its MENA footprint, this award solidifies its role as a key player in the region’s AI ecosystem. By integrating its end-to-end AI consulting and technical expertise with Google Cloud’s infrastructure, Artefact remains committed to translating global breakthroughs into localized, sovereign solutions that drive national digital agendas and long-term economic transformation across the Middle East.
